Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What it Says about Us)
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"Fresh and timely . . . Vanderbilt investigates how human nature has shaped traffic, and vice versa, finally answering drivers' most familiar and frustrating questions." --Publishers Weekly"Fluently written and oddly entertaining, full of points to ponder while stuck at the on-ramp meter or an endless red light."--Kirkus Reviews"This may be the most insightful and comprehensive study ever done of driving behavior and how it reveals truths about the types of people we are." --Booklist "Fascinating . . . Could not come at a better time." --Library Journal The Barnes & Noble Review From the moment I heard about it, I couldn t wait to get my hands on Tom Vanderbilt s new book about traffic. I m sure I wasn t the only one. Haven t we all pondered the mysteries of traffic endlessly (at least, it feels endless when you're stuck in it)? After all, traffic is as pervasive as the common cold, except bigger, more relevant. Even the sickliest among us comes down with colds only intermittently.
Prologue: Why I Became a Late Merger (and Why You Should Too)Ch. 1 Why Does the Other Lane Always Seem Faster? How Traffic Messes with Our HeadsCh. 2 Why You're Not as Good a Driver as You Think You AreCh. 3 How Our Eyes and Minds Betray Us on the RoadCh. 4 Why Ants Don't Get into Traffic Jams (and Humans Do): On Cooperation as a Cure for CongestionCh. 5 Why Women Cause More Congestion Than Men (and Other Secrets of Traffic)Ch. 6 Why More Roads Lead to More Traffic (and What to Do About It)Ch. 7 When Dangerous Roads Are SaferCh. 8 How Traffic Explains the World: On Driving with a Local AccentCh. 9 Why You Shouldn't Drive with a Beer-Drinking Divorced Doctor Named Fred on Super Bowl Sunday in a Pickup Truck in Rural Montana: What's Risky on the Road and WhyEpilogue: Driving LessonsAcknowledgmentsNotes
